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Should have asked him to check the oil level. He might have got about 20 gallons in before he realised somethings not right.
Coolant leak...............classic!
When I lived in Oregon, I had a pump attendant ask me if I needed the 'reserve' fuel tank filling. He was looking at the windscreen washer fill point under the fuel door...
It's probably the #5 fitser valve. You need some 50 weight motor oil and a couple of ball bearings to fix it. It's all ball bearings these days you know.
At the yearly car inspection (MOT) gave me a remark on my inspection sheet, under 'to be monitored' for...
AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK
Did they say what color the fluid was or where they noticed it? The 964/993 has a few components that can fail and leak out fluid that can easily be mistaken for antifreeze. Or was the MOT inspector Porsche air-cooled savvy and noticed oil weeping?